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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
A nation of 2 parent homes, white picket fences on every street, the local cop on foot-patrol who stops at your door from time to time just to say, "Hi"...I can get on-board with all of it.
Now, if my conservative friends will just meet me half way and agree to ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The state of Utah is apparently considering the elimination of the 12th grade from public schooling. A movement headed by state senator Chris Buttars, seeing it as a viable (and smart???) way to address the state's budget gap.
While the knee-jerk reaction to the Buttars plan might be to say "What ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Yes, we're doomed, and it may just be Steve Jobs's fault.
Like many of my fellow news and political junkie friends, I watched President Obama give his State of the Union Address last night with my eyes and ears focused on every syllable he uttered. I watched for every scripted, "spontaneous ...
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
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Megan McArdle made a lengthy posting on the Atlantic a few days ago where she laid out her opposition to national health care. After reading through it twice now, and forcing myself to ignore that her opposition appears to be more against government involvement in people's lives than ...
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
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Having been jilted (canceled on) by CNBC's Rick Santelli who was scheduled to appear as a guest, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart took less than 9 minutes of air time to not just mock Santelli and all of CNBC, but he also illustrated a ...
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